Chapter 1. All You Need To Know To Become An Austrian: Naturalisation Policy And Citizenship Testing In Austria

Naturalization Dynamics in Immigrant Families

“…Austria is also similar to countries such as France, Spain and the UK, in that it is home to relatively many immigrants from the former empire, especially the former Yugoslavia. Austrian citizenship law is typically seen as restrictive, because of the lack of a provision for citizenship by birth in the country, and because immigrants who wish to naturalize are required to have lived in the country for many years, to pass strict integration tests and to pay high fees (Çınar, 2010;Perchinig, 2010). However, Austrian citizenship law does make it relatively easy for the family members of people who naturalize to acquire citizenship.…”

Borders, Fences, and Limits—Protecting Austria From Refugees: Metadiscursive Negotiation of Meaning in the Current Refugee Crisis

“…using the military to "assist" in controlling Austria's eastern border to prevent "illegal border crossings," reintroducing visa for several eastern European countries, measures to counteract "asylum abuse" and to quickly reject asylum applications. Overall, stricter requirements for obtaining residency and naturalization were implemented in the early 1990s (Perchinig, 2010;Kraler, 2011). In contrast to the policy focus on learning German, the FP € O cultivated the image of the "lazy immigrant" and "bogus refugee" whose main interests in Austria were social welfare and unemployment benefits (Sedlak, 2000).…”

Egalität, Autonomie und Integration: Post-Multikulturalismus in Österreich

“…sprachliche "Fremdheit" und die Klassenzugehörigkeit zusammenfallen -bleibt man, wenn nicht rechtlich, so im Alltag, aus der "Mehrheitsidentität" ausgeschlossen. In den letzten Jahren kommen Sprach-und Landeskundetests als Einbürgerungsvoraussetzung dazu (Jandl and Kraler 2003;Perchinig 2010Perchinig , Çinar 2011 …”